Monday, April 2, 2012

Sea Dogs Notebook

Game 1 of the Sea Dogs’ quarter-final playoff series is
just a few days away. Saint John will host the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 1 on
Friday at 7:30pm and Game 2 on Saturday at 7pm. The series then shifts to
Baie-Comeau for the next three of the best-of-seven.

“What goalie wouldn’t be going well when you have the
team that I have?’’ Corbeil asked in the article. “The defencemen are probably
the best in the league and our forwards are probably the best in the league,
with our depth and everything. Plus, the experience of last year made us so
much stronger this year.

“That’s probably why I’ve had so much success. If I would
have been on any other team, (personal success) wouldn’t have shown as much.’’

Corbeil bounced back nicely from a rough playoff opener against
Cape Breton. In the four-game first round series, the 20-year old finished with
a 4-0 record to go with 2.00 goals against average and a 0.918 save percentage.

THE WILD

Our pals over at Hockey Wilderness have a solid look at
the hot starts of Charlie Coyle and Zack Phillips in this year’s playoffs. They
look at some of the craziest best playoff performances in league history. Coyle
and Phillips still have a way to go.

“It seems like time has not tempered Morrissette’s ire
since he was equally displeased when Coyle was signed, telling Le Nouvelliste
reporter Steve Turcotte: “Une équipe qui achète les championnats, ça n’a pas
d’affaire dans notre ligue!” or roughly translated: “A team that buys
championships, has no business in our league!”

Our thoughts on Morrissette: get with the times, man.

THE CALDER

ESPN’s Sean Allen names Jonathan Huberdeau one of the
early candidates for next year’s Calder Trophy.

“He missed time with a broken foot, limiting his playing
time, but has clearly shown he needs little more development before trying the
NHL,” writes Allen. “He'll make a run at a second consecutive Memorial Cup with
the Saint John Sea Dogs this season and be ready to break out in the NHL next
season.”